Anne Speckhard
@annespeckhard.bsky.social
CEO/Founder International Center for the Study of Violent Extremism (ICSVE), Retired Adjunct Associate Professor of Psychiatry at Georgetown University School of Medicine. I have interviewed over 800 terrorists, violent extremists, their family members.
An interesting debate ongoing in which Trump is saying that Dems who told our troops to refuse illegal orders are seditious and could be condemned to death. www.newsweek.com/mike-johnson...
Mike Johnson reacts to Trump's "punishable by death" remark about Democrats
The president accused Democrats in Congress of being "seditious," demanding their arrest.
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November 20, 2025 at 7:44 PM
An interesting debate ongoing in which Trump is saying that Dems who told our troops to refuse illegal orders are seditious and could be condemned to death. www.newsweek.com/mike-johnson...
For those not in the know, the white hand is a symbol of a Nazi salute that will dominate or win over black power. Horrible that it's being, hopefully unknowingly, promoted by Walmart.
November 12, 2025 at 4:09 PM
For those not in the know, the white hand is a symbol of a Nazi salute that will dominate or win over black power. Horrible that it's being, hopefully unknowingly, promoted by Walmart.
nypost.com/2025/11/06/o... Scary to think of two teenagers so armed up and ready to roll into violence. The op ed
How do two privileged New Jersey teens get seduced by ISIS?
Two teenagers from one of New Jersey’s wealthiest suburbs were arrested this week for allegedly plotting to join ISIS and carry out mass killings of Jews.
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November 8, 2025 at 3:04 PM
nypost.com/2025/11/06/o... Scary to think of two teenagers so armed up and ready to roll into violence. The op ed
World premiere of Kevin lee’s documentary Afterlives in Lisbon which features ICSVE’s Breaking the ISIS Brand work! It was well received at the festival! Now on to London!
October 18, 2025 at 11:59 AM
World premiere of Kevin lee’s documentary Afterlives in Lisbon which features ICSVE’s Breaking the ISIS Brand work! It was well received at the festival! Now on to London!
God bless all those going home today and may their recovery be speedy although we all know there will be lifetime scars to both victims and their families over such an ordeal. Now let’s pray for a real peace! Live Updates: Hostages and Palestinian Prisoners Are Freed www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...
Live Updates: Hostages and Palestinian Prisoners Are Freed as Trump Hails ‘Historic Dawn’ in Mideast
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October 13, 2025 at 1:33 PM
God bless all those going home today and may their recovery be speedy although we all know there will be lifetime scars to both victims and their families over such an ordeal. Now let’s pray for a real peace! Live Updates: Hostages and Palestinian Prisoners Are Freed www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...
Wow! Qataris have been very good soft partner allies in brokering peace. Perhaps this brings it to another level. We do routinely train allied military members but this is the first dedicated facility that I know of. Congrats to the Qataris!
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Qatar is getting an Air Force facility in Idaho: What to know
The U.S. and Qatar have increasingly cooperated on a number of issues in recent years, including the Gaza peace deal.
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October 10, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Wow! Qataris have been very good soft partner allies in brokering peace. Perhaps this brings it to another level. We do routinely train allied military members but this is the first dedicated facility that I know of. Congrats to the Qataris!
www.newsweek.com/qatar-gettin...
www.newsweek.com/qatar-gettin...
theintercept.com/2025/10/02/t.... Instead of cutting the ATF trump administration might want to consider: “The US is perfectly capable of breaking down criminal groups involved in the drug trade“simply by closing off the pipeline of weaponry produced in the U.S. and used by Mexican criminal groups”
Trump Calls Cartel Members “Terrorists.” They’re Armed With Bullets From a U.S. Army Factory.
The president blames Mexico for the flow of drugs into the U.S. — while enabling the flow of guns into Mexico by slashing federal regulators.
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October 6, 2025 at 9:11 AM
theintercept.com/2025/10/02/t.... Instead of cutting the ATF trump administration might want to consider: “The US is perfectly capable of breaking down criminal groups involved in the drug trade“simply by closing off the pipeline of weaponry produced in the U.S. and used by Mexican criminal groups”
youtube.com/watch?v=aTZj... The fact that jimmy kimmel is back is proof protest and boycott can work. An amazing monologue so different than anything from our hater president.
Jimmy Kimmel delivers first monologue since returning | FOX 11 LA
YouTube video by FOX 11 Los Angeles
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September 25, 2025 at 3:05 AM
youtube.com/watch?v=aTZj... The fact that jimmy kimmel is back is proof protest and boycott can work. An amazing monologue so different than anything from our hater president.
For those not in the know, today is predicted as the "rapture" and Tik Tok is full of videos of those who think they will ascend today. Goodbye to many of them! :) www.nytimes.com/2025/09/23/u...
The Rapture Was Predicted to Happen Today. TikTok Has Some Advice.
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September 23, 2025 at 10:10 PM
For those not in the know, today is predicted as the "rapture" and Tik Tok is full of videos of those who think they will ascend today. Goodbye to many of them! :) www.nytimes.com/2025/09/23/u...
For those not in the know, today is predicted as the "rapture" and Tik Tok is full of videos of those who think they will ascend today. Goodbye to many of them! :) www.nytimes.com/2025/09/23/u...
The Rapture Was Predicted to Happen Today. TikTok Has Some Advice.
www.nytimes.com
September 23, 2025 at 9:11 PM
For those not in the know, today is predicted as the "rapture" and Tik Tok is full of videos of those who think they will ascend today. Goodbye to many of them! :) www.nytimes.com/2025/09/23/u...
Just finished my talk on the lethal cocktail of terrorism at Trends in Abu Dhabi!
September 16, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Just finished my talk on the lethal cocktail of terrorism at Trends in Abu Dhabi!
Trends in Abu Dhabi today!
September 16, 2025 at 6:28 AM
Trends in Abu Dhabi today!
ICE Agent Caught on Camera Disguised as a Construction Worker We need to decide as a country if we want secret police who feel the right to intimidate us without showing their badges, identifying themselves and so on. theintercept.com/2025/08/11/i...
ICE Agent Caught on Camera Disguised as a Construction Worker
The Intercept confirmed that a federal agent caught on camera wearing a hard hat and safety vest works for ICE.
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August 14, 2025 at 7:08 PM
ICE Agent Caught on Camera Disguised as a Construction Worker We need to decide as a country if we want secret police who feel the right to intimidate us without showing their badges, identifying themselves and so on. theintercept.com/2025/08/11/i...
We started our ICSVE virtual trainings up today again after a rather long break which followed enduring a hack on all our websites, although I'm happy to say ICSVE.org is back up! But still waiting for Google to put our Youtube channel back up --
July 22, 2025 at 9:02 PM
We started our ICSVE virtual trainings up today again after a rather long break which followed enduring a hack on all our websites, although I'm happy to say ICSVE.org is back up! But still waiting for Google to put our Youtube channel back up --
Dr. Bruce White speaking for ICSVE today. We can’t just talk back to identity based disinformation… which is one of the reasons at ICSVE we used actual terrorists from ISIS, al Shabaab and violent extremists to talk back about their groups and why their propaganda was false.
July 22, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Dr. Bruce White speaking for ICSVE today. We can’t just talk back to identity based disinformation… which is one of the reasons at ICSVE we used actual terrorists from ISIS, al Shabaab and violent extremists to talk back about their groups and why their propaganda was false.
Dr. Bruce White speaking for ICSVE today. This is exactly what we at ICSVE found in our hundreds of research interviews with terrorists and violent extremists - that they often joined because it gave them a sense of belonging, significance and purpose…
July 22, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Dr. Bruce White speaking for ICSVE today. This is exactly what we at ICSVE found in our hundreds of research interviews with terrorists and violent extremists - that they often joined because it gave them a sense of belonging, significance and purpose…
Join ICSVE online 11 am Eastern July 22 to explore with Dr. Bruce White, evidence-based strategies to combat identity-based disinformation. Register now! www.eventbrite.com/e/reclaiming...
Reclaiming Our Narratives: How to Effectively Counter Identity-Based Disinf
Join us online for an insightful event where we will explore evidence-based strategies to combat identity-based disinformation.
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July 16, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Join ICSVE online 11 am Eastern July 22 to explore with Dr. Bruce White, evidence-based strategies to combat identity-based disinformation. Register now! www.eventbrite.com/e/reclaiming...
Identity-based disinformation (IBD) represents one of the most insidious threats to social cohesion today. Register now to join ICSVE on July 22, 11 am EST to hear Dr. Bruce White speak on his cutting edge work to deploy these narratives strategically www.eventbrite.com/e/reclaiming...
Reclaiming Our Narratives: How to Effectively Counter Identity-Based Disinf
Join us online for an insightful event where we will explore evidence-based strategies to combat identity-based disinformation.
www.eventbrite.com
July 11, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Identity-based disinformation (IBD) represents one of the most insidious threats to social cohesion today. Register now to join ICSVE on July 22, 11 am EST to hear Dr. Bruce White speak on his cutting edge work to deploy these narratives strategically www.eventbrite.com/e/reclaiming...
This is a simple but so important read. We deserve our rights and no President should concentrate all power to himself. What To Do About the Tinpot Dictator, by @RBReich open.substack.com/pub/robertre...
What To Do About the Tinpot Dictator
He can be stopped only with people power
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July 8, 2025 at 9:37 PM
This is a simple but so important read. We deserve our rights and no President should concentrate all power to himself. What To Do About the Tinpot Dictator, by @RBReich open.substack.com/pub/robertre...
Us base is being bombed in Qatar tonight. Blessings to all there and prayers for their safety and to the Qataris as well
June 23, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Us base is being bombed in Qatar tonight. Blessings to all there and prayers for their safety and to the Qataris as well
Eid Mubarak to all our Muslim friends and colleagues, wishing you all peace, joy and all the blessings Allah can bestow upon you.
June 8, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Eid Mubarak to all our Muslim friends and colleagues, wishing you all peace, joy and all the blessings Allah can bestow upon you.
The Federal Government Is Gone: Under Trump, the Fight Against Extremist Violence Is Left Up to the States ICSVE's US Justice Grant to fight hate crimes cancelled- despite addressing hate crimes in the context of university protests victims which are often Jewish students ift.tt/hqkA57K
“The Federal Government Is Gone”: Under Trump, the Fight Against Extremist Violence Is Left Up to the States
As the White House redirects counterterrorism personnel and funds toward mass deportations, a state-level scramble is on to preserve efforts once supported by Washington. The result is a patchwork app...
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May 29, 2025 at 3:32 PM
The Federal Government Is Gone: Under Trump, the Fight Against Extremist Violence Is Left Up to the States ICSVE's US Justice Grant to fight hate crimes cancelled- despite addressing hate crimes in the context of university protests victims which are often Jewish students ift.tt/hqkA57K
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Definitely more of a Patriot Front/Proud Boy vibe than law enforcement.
🚨 ICE agents in masks and no uniforms abducting people from a Phoenix immigration court - no ID, no explanation, no due process.
This is not law enforcement.
This is authoritarianism.
Demand accountability.
Stay loud.
Stay informed.
Stay safe.
This is not law enforcement.
This is authoritarianism.
Demand accountability.
Stay loud.
Stay informed.
Stay safe.
May 28, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Definitely more of a Patriot Front/Proud Boy vibe than law enforcement.
I had a fun talk with Alon Ben Meir in April on issues of radicalization and violent extremism. On the Issues Episode 120: Anne Speckhard soundcloud.com/alon-ben-mei...
On the Issues Episode 120: Anne Speckhard
Today’s guest is Anne Speckhard, Director of the International Center for the Study of Violent Extremism. She previously served for over two decades as Adjunct Associate Professor of Psychiatry at Geo
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May 22, 2025 at 10:40 PM
I had a fun talk with Alon Ben Meir in April on issues of radicalization and violent extremism. On the Issues Episode 120: Anne Speckhard soundcloud.com/alon-ben-mei...
Pope Leo XIV our first American Pope following Francis May God bless and protect him as he speaks truth to power !
May 8, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Pope Leo XIV our first American Pope following Francis May God bless and protect him as he speaks truth to power !